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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1758-62 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, with a powdered-blue ground, and painted on the upper side with Chinese landscapes and floral sprays in eight panels, alternately fan-shaped and circular, surrounding a landscape in a larger circular panel, and all reserved in white on a blue ground, and the lower side of the rim is painted with branches.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with underglaze blue
Brief description
Plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, with a powdered-blue ground, and painted on the upper side with Chinese landscapes and floral sprays, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1758-62
Physical description
Plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, with a powdered-blue ground, and painted on the upper side with Chinese landscapes and floral sprays in eight panels, alternately fan-shaped and circular, surrounding a landscape in a larger circular panel, and all reserved in white on a blue ground, and the lower side of the rim is painted with branches.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
Six simulated Chinese characters and crossed swords (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 24A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:515/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 2, 2008
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